Civil Rights: An Overview.
Legal Information Institute, Cornell University: This Wiki entry
provides a definition of civil rights and examples of landmark laws and
statutes that supported the rights of those discriminated against, such
as the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Wiki’s intended audience is “law
novices,” for whom it seeks to provide useful and objective law
information. (A wiki is a website with multiple webpages that can be
created and edited by many members; the best-known example is Wikipedia.)

The National Law Journal,
a weekly publication as well as a website, “provides timely legal
information of national importance to attorneys that other publications
don't.” This includes news articles, coverage of legislative issues,
verdicts, and many other types of resources for legal professionals.

LLRX is a
free Web journal that consists of “the most up-to-date information on a
wide range of Internet research and technology-related issues,
applications, resources and tools” for professionals in law and related
fields. It was founded in 1996 by Sabrina I. Pacifici, a legal librarian
who acts as editor and publisher; LLRX also draws on the expertise of
“nationally recognized librarians, attorneys, information technology
specialists and public interest professionals”.

LAWSOURCE
is the home of American Law Services Online (ALSO) and provides links
to free and inexpensive online law sources such as commentaries and
practice aids for the United States, Canada, and a few for Mexico that
are in English. The intended audience is North Americans who are not
legal experts, and while the majority of the sources and information are
in English, some of the links are in French or Spanish.

Wrightslaw
is a website for special education resources and information. Its
intended audience is parents with special needs children and it focuses
on information on legal cases and includes resources such as a blog and
newsletter.

AllLaw is a law portal website run by NOLO. It provides information on legal topics, tools such as child custody calculators, and attorney directories.

FINDLAW
provides legal information in the form of articles, videos, a Wiki, an
online community, and a lawyer directory. It seeks to inform those who
wish to gain knowledge about legal matters.

ExpertLaw is attorney Aaron Larson's online legal resource. It includes legal articles, directories of expert witnesses and lawyers, and an online forum.

PUBLICLEGAL
(formerly INTERNET LEGAL RESOURCE GUIDE) is a quality-controlled index
of legal information and resources. While it does focus on the United
States, it also contains legal links from many other countries, and is
designed for “everyone, lay persons and legal scholars alike.”

LAWGURU
provides legal advice by allowing users to ask questions for free or
view the database of past questions. It also has legal tools like a
legal dictionary and Wiki, an attorney directory, and legal forms; tabs
at the top divide the website into sections for the public,
professionals, and students.

MORELAW:
The site's Lexapedia allows users to search for verdicts and decisions,
lawyers, court reporters, etc., by database, subject, or recent
occurrence or listing. MoreLaw is aimed at people who wish to find a
lawyer or learn more about the law system as well as lawyers wishing to
advertise themselves; it is run by Kent Morlan, an attorney.

Congress.gov,
which is run by the Library of Congress, aims to provide federal
legislative information to the public. This includes government
resources, bills and resolutions, current activity in Congress,
presidential nominations, etc.

USA.GOV
(formerly FIRSTGOV) is the official web portal of the United States
government. Its objective is to enable “the global community to easily
and rapidly find U.S. government information that has been posted on the
Internet.”

Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to using the bar to
uphold equal justice under the law. It focuses on policy or class
actions in fields such as education or voting rights that will help
large groups of people, rather than individuals.

NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund
fights for racial justice through litigation, advocacy, and public
education, as well as by upholding the advances made by the prior 70
years of civil rights struggles. They usually focus on cases that affect
large groups of people and the legal protections of African Americans.

Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund
(MALDEF) is a legal civil rights organization that aims to bring about
“social change through advocacy, communications, community education,
and litigation in the areas of education, employment, immigrant rights,
and political access.” MALDEF focuses on equalizing society for members
of the Latino and Hispanic communities, especially immigrants.

The American Civil Liberties Union
(ACLU) seeks to protect First Amendment, due process, privacy, and
equal protection rights, especially those of traditionally oppressed
Americans such as minorities and LGBT individuals.

Human Rights Campaign
(HRC) is the largest civil rights organization with the goal of
achieving LGBT equality through advocacy, legislation, education, and
partnering with other organizations.